Last-minute donations push Stock the Shelves goal over the top

10:15 PM,
Dec. 3, 2013

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Sheboygan Press Media

Just days before its Sunday deadline, the annual Stock the Shelves effort in support of the Sheboygan County Food Bank was still thousands of dollars short of its $30,000 goal for this year. But some generous donations in the final hours were enough to put it over the top.

The effort garnered a total of $35,745 this year, thanks in part to a $5,000 contribution, which came in on Saturday, made by Kohler resident John Miller, said Liz Kroll, coordinator for the Sheboygan County Food Bank.

"That one absolutely stands out," Kroll said. "A week ago, we were $5,000 short so I was feeling a little ...